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Iron (Mining Series) Traditional Cache

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JackieC: Retired. Cache removed this morning.

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Hidden : 4/29/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A series of caches place in Beecraigs Country Park for the 'Welcome to Geocaching' Event on Saturday 5th May 2012.
Please refrain from finding the cache until the event, thank you.

 



The series consists of traditional 8 caches, each will give you one half of the co-ordinates to a further 4 caches. Those 4 caches give the co-ords for 2 further caches, which in turn give you the co-ords for the final cache of the series.

The West Lothian area has been extensively mined for a variety of minerals and metals, so much that parts of the county appear to be hollow!


Iron Ore, known locally as Ironstone, was extensively mined and worked throughout the central belt of Scotland, with Wilsontown to the south and Carron to the north being excellent examples of local ironworks.

Iron can be extracted from a variety of ores found locally, and the development of a hot blasting technique in the 1820's made it possible to produce cheap iron from the local blackband ironstone using unrefined coal.


Nearby Ironstone mines were in Bo'ness, Lanrigg, and Fauldhouse, with many more in Lanarkshire.


Forestry work has been ongoing since the storms in January, and some areas are cordoned off.
Please respect the notices and do not enter areas which have been restricted.


Thanks to the Beecraigs Country Park Rangers for allowing these caches to be placed.



Mega Scotland 2014

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)